A in house newsletter from October 2011 explains Koch Industries “discoveries” of crude oil and natural gas in the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas.

1. Koch Pipeline: is partnering with NuStar Energy to develop a dormant pipeline from Pettus, TX to refineries in Corpus Christi. The pipeline will transport natural gas from fracking sites in southern Texas. Koch Pipeline is a Koch Industries subsidiary.

3. Koch Supply & Trading: a Koch Industries company that deals with commodity trading and financial products, is “already trading Eagle Ford crude” to help supply Koch companies and other customers, according to a Koch Industries newsletter.

4. Koch Chemical Technology Group: is designing a processing facility near Yoakum, TX to help process natural gas fracked in southern Texas. Koch Chemical is a subsidiary of Koch Industries.

5. John Zink: a Koch Industries company, is providing flares for a natural gas processing plant in Helena to service the fracking industry.

6. Georgia Pacific: produces resins used for chemicals used to prop open micro-fractures, an important process for fracking to occur. GP is a Koch Industries subsidiary.

7. Koch Fertilizer: a Koch Industries company, has tapped into increased natural gas production from fracking to develop fertilizer.

As of November 2011 the combined wealth of Charles and David Koch is $50 billion. There investments benefit from climate change and their influence networks block efforts to phase out pollution from fossil fuels.